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WITH TIIK niCSK OF EACH MEMRER PLAINLY INDICATED; 



AFTER A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN. 



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LEUTZE'S PICTURE, 

" Westward the course of Empire takes its way," 



WALKER'S PICTURE 

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"Storming of Chapultepec." 



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WASIIINCTON: 

Foil SALE IN THE CAPITOL. 



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DESCRIPTIONS 

OK Till-: 
ETC., ETC.* 



This little pauiphlct contains items of inibrniutiou with 
which it is thought the cursory, as well as frequent, visitor tc; 
the Capitol would desire to make himself acquainted. 

The following, might be characterized as its Tabic of 
Contents : 

First, A short general description of the United States' 
Senate Chamber. 

Second, Some information about the })icture " The Storming 
of Chapultepec," by Walker, hanging above the landing of the 
grand Western staircase in the Senate extension of the Capitol. 

Third, " Diagrams of the floors of the Senate and House of 
Eeprescntatives," with a list of members — so arranged that the 
seat of any member may be readily found. 

The endeavor has been made to simplify as much as possible 
the ascertaining of the seat of a particular member ; and pains 
have also been taken to make the list accurate. 

Fourth, A concise description of the Hall of the IIousc of 
lleprescntatives. 

And h'ifih, A description of Leutze's picture of " Western 
Emigration," that occupies the wall on the Western staircase, 
in the Hall extension of the Capitol. 

The pages of this pamphlet arc taken from a work, now in 
press, entitled " The Federal City ; or Ins and Abouts of Wash- 
ington: " designed to be published in six numbers, of a 
hundred pages each. The first number to be issued early in 
1865. 

* Entered nccording to Act of Congress, in the year 18t>}, by the Author, in the Clerk's 
othce of the District Court of the District of Columbia. 




2 THE FEDERAL CITY. 

THE SENATE CIIAIMBER 

Occupies the centre of the North extension of the Capitol. 

Its entrance from the inside of the building is at the end of a 
long corridor extending north from the Rotunda. 

The main entrance from the outside is by the North Eastern 
Portico, through a spacious marble vestibule adorned Avith 
fluted columns, whose capitals are beautifully foliated with 
tobacco and acanthus leaves. The walls of this vestibule on 
either side have sunken niches for statuary. 

The Senate chamber is surrounded by corridors, which sep- 
arate it from committee and other rooms ranged around the 
outer walls of this portion of the building. 

The chamber is a parallelogram 112 feet long and 82 feet 
wide. Its height is 36 feet. A cushioned gallery capable of 
seating a thousand persons surrounds it, which is reached by 
two magnificent marble staircases, ascending from the cast and 
west corridors. A section of the gallery in front of the Vice 
President's desk is reserved for the diplomatic corps and for the 
families of the President, Vice President, and cabinet ministers. 
Above but behind the Vice President's seat 'a portion of the 
gallery is appropriated to the reporters of the press. 

The secretary of the Senate and his assistants occupy a long 
desk in front of the chair, and below this desk sit the special 
reporters of the debates. The seats of the Senators are ranged 
in three semicircular rows fronting the Vice President's chair, 
each seat having a desk in front of it. 

The ceiling is of cast iron, with deep panels, and painted 
glass sky-lights, ornamented in the richest style. The designs 
of the paintings are typical of national progress. The iron 
work is bronzed and gilded, and the walls are richly painted in 
harmonizing colors. 

The space under the galleries is partitioned off into small 
apartments, such as cloak and wash rooms, and the area of the 
floor is diminished to that extent. It is about 83 feet long, and 
51 feet wide. 



THE FEDERAL CITY. d 

THE PICTURE OF THE "STORMING OF 
C H A P U L T E I' E C . " 

At the foot of the white marble staircase that ascends from 
the Western corridor of the Senate, stands a statue of Jonx 
Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, by Stone. 

Fronting this statue, but above the landing of the staircase, 
hangs the fine painting on canvas of the " Storming of Chapul- 
tepec," by Walker. It was originally intended for the Room 
of the Committee on Military Affiiirs, and is of the same shape, 
though somewhat larger, as the frescoed panels in that elabor- 
ately adorned room. The top of the })icturc describes an ex- 
tended semicircle. The cost of this painting was $6,000. 

The Castle of Chapultepec, a Mexican fortress, was stormed 
by the Americans, under General Scott, Sept. 13, 1847. Our 
army, proceeding from victory to victory, had defeated the 
enemy in five pitched battles, and now lay under the walls of 
the city of Mexico. This ancient city lies in the centre of a 
plain in which are numerous volcanic heights. On one of these, 
about two miles south west of the city, rose this strong castle, 
with a frontage of 900 feet heavily armed. It was held by Gen- 
eral Bravo, with a picked force ; and, at the time of the assault, 
was crowded with officers of rank, and students of the military 
academy of which it was also the seat. The position was diffi- 
cult of attack and easy to be defended. 

The plan of operations was this : General Pillow was to as- 
sault it on its west side ; General Quitman on the opposite, or 
south east side ; while the reserve, under General AVorth, was to 
gain the north side. At the base of the hill Pillow was disa- 
bled, and General Cadwallader took command. 

Amid discharges of grape and musketry, that thinned their 
ranks, the Americans ascended the hei<i;ht. Without hesitation 
they charged and carried a strong redoubt that lay in their way, 
and drove the Mexicans from their guns into the castle. '• In a 
moment the castle ditch was cros.sed, and the stormcrs jjlanted 
their ladders on the wall. Many brave fellows were hauled 
down, but at length a lodgment was eftocted." 



DIAGRAM OP THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE. 




OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF SENATE 

OF THE 



HANNIBAL IIAMLIN, Vice Prksident. 

Rev. Dr. HOW.MAN, Chaplain. I GEO. T. BROWN, Skrgeant-at-Arms. 

JOHN \V. FORNEY, Secretary. | ISAAC BASSETT, Asst. Dooukeeper. 

WILLIAM HICKEY, Cheif Clerk. 



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Scats of Senators. 
Jiimcs W. Nje, Nevada. 
William M. Stewart, Nevada. 
John Conncss, Cal. 
M. S. Wilkinson, Mian. 
H. B. Anthony, R. I. 
L. F. S Foster, Conn. 
J. W. Grimes, Iowa. 
S. Foot, Vt. 
Vacant. 
Vacant. 

N. A. Farwell, Me. 
Garrett Davis, Ken. 
J. M. Howard, Mich. 
L. Trumbull, 111. 
T. 0. Howe, Wis. 
H. WiL^on. Mass. 

D. Clark, N. H. 
B. F. Wade, Ohio. 
J. Collamer, Vt. 
Vacant. 

B. G. Brown, Mo. 
Vacant. 

J. Dixon, Conn. 
A. Ramsev, Minn. 
Z. Chandler, Mich. 
J. Harlan, Iowa. 
J. P. Hale, N. H. 
Charles Sumner, Mass. 

E. D. Mortjan, N. Y. 
Jno. C. Ten Eyck, X. J. 
E. Cowan, Pa. 

J. R. Doolittle, Wis. 



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Seats of Senators. 
L. M. Morrill, Me. 
Reverdy Johnson, Md. 
Wm. Wright, N. J. 
J. A. McDougal, Cal. 
S. C. Pomeroy, Kan. 
Vacant. 



J. S. Carlile, Va. 

J. Sherman, Ohio. 

Wm. Sjjrague, R. I. 

James H. Lane, Kan. 

C. R. Buckalew, Pa. 

T. A. Hendricks, Ind. 

J. B. Henderson, Mo. 

P. G. Van Winkle, W. Va. 

W. T. Willcv, W. Va. 

T. H. Uicks,"Md. 

Vacant. 

Ira Harris, N. Y. 

H. S. Lane, Ind. 

W. A. Richardson, III. 

L. W. Powell, Ky. 

J. W. Nesmith, Oregon. 

B. F. Harding, Oregon. 

W. Saulshurv, Del. 

G. R. Riddle', Del. 

Vacant. 

Joseph Segar, Va. 

Vacant. 



DIAGRAM OP THE FLOOR OP THE HALL. 




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OK THE 

House of Representatives of the Thirty-eighth Congress. 



SCIIUVLER COLFAX, ok Indiana, Speaker. 
Rkv. \V.\(. E. CHANNING, Chapi,ain. I N. G. ORDWAY, Herueant-at-Aums. 
EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk. | IRA GOODNOW, Doorkeeper. 



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Scats of Members. 
Ebon C. Ingersoll, 111. 
Vacant. 

Josiah R. Grinnell, Iowa. 
Fernando C. Beanian, Mich. 
Eltenozor Duniont, Ind. 
Asahel W. Hnbbard, Iowa. 
William Windom, ^linn. 
John 11. Rice, Me. 
Ambrose W. Clark, N. Y. 
Vacant. 

Hiram Price, Iowa. 
Nathaniel R. Smithcns, Del. 
Wm. llitrbv. Cal. 
Fred. E.'Woodbridge, Vt. 
Vacant. 

Freeman Clarke, N. Y. 
Sidnev Perham, Me. 
Walter D. Mclndoe, Wis. 
Charles Upson, Mich. 
Augustus Frank, K. Y. 
Vacant. 

Schuyler Colfax, Ind. 
Samuel Hooper, Mass. 
James K. Moorchcad, Pa. 
Daniel W. Gooch, Mass. 
Giles W. Hotchkiss, N. Y. 
28, 20— Vacant. 
Charles D. Posten, Arizona T. 
Henry G. Woithington, Nevada. 
Vacant. 

George S. Boutwell, Mass. 
35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40— Vacant. 
Ilhamer C. Sloan, Wis. 
Francis W. Kellogg, Mich. 
Cornelius Cole, Cal. 
Thomas R. Shannon, Cal. 
Orlando Kellogg, N. Y. 
M. Russell Thayer, Penn. 
John F. Farnesworth, Hi. 
Wm. B. Washburn, .Mass. 
Ephraim R. Pkkley, Ohio. 
James F. Wilson, Iowa. 
Elihu B. Washburnc, 111. 
Robt. B. Van Valkcnburgh, N. Y 
Henry L. Dawes, Mass. 
Augustus Hrandcgee, Conn. 
Rut'us P. Spaulding, Ohio. 
Hiram P. Rennet, Col. Ter. 
Alexander H. Rice, Mass. 
Thomas A. Jenckes, R. I. 



Seats of Members. 
.■)9. John II. Hubbard, Conn. 
GO. Nathan E. Dixon, R. I. 
Gl. Frederick A. Pike, Me. 
G2. S. G. Daily, Nebraska. 

63. Theo. M. Pomeroy, N. Y. 

64. Thomas I). Eliot,' Mass. 

65. DeWitt C. Littlejohn, N. Y 

66. Calvin T. Hulbuid, N. Y. 

67. Godlove S. Orth, Ind. 

68. Amos Meyers, Pa. 

69. James M. Ashley, Ohio. 

70. Portus Baxter, Vt. 

71. Daniel Morris, N. Y. 

72. Edward H. Rollins, N. II. 

73. James W. Patterson, N. H. 

74. Thaddeus Stevens, Pa. 

75. Justin S. Morrill, Vt. 

76. John R. McBride, Oregon, 

77. James G. Blaine, Maine. 

78. Jesse 0. Norton, 111. 

79. Robert C. Schcnck, Ohio. 

80. Wm. B. Allison, Iowa. 

81. Wm. D. Kelley, Pa. 

82. Thomas T. Davis, N. Y. 

83. John A. J. Cresswell, Md. 

84. Henrv Winter Davis, Md. 

85. John'F. Starr, N. J. 

86. Thomas Williams, Pa. 

87. Vacant. 

88. Henry C. Deming, Conn. 

89. John'A. Kasson, Iowa. 

90. Henry T. Blow, Mo. 

91. Samuel Knox, Mo. 

92. A. Carter Wilder, Kansas. 

93. Oakes Ames, Mass. 

94. John D. Baldwin, Mass. 

95. Ignatius Donnelly, Minn. 

96. James A. Garfield, Ohio. 

97. Semfronius H. Boyd, Mo. 

98. Amasa Cobb, Wis. 

99. James M. Marvin, N. Y. 

100. Benjamin Loan, Mo. 

101. Joseph W. McClurg, Mo. 

102. Lucien Anderson, Ky. 

103. Isaac N. Arnold, 111. 

104. Leonard Mcvers, Pa. 

105. Charles O'Neil, Pa. 

106. George W. Julian, Ind. 

107. John B. Alley, Mass. 



Seats of Members. 

108. John W. Longyear, Mich. 

109. John F. Driggs, Mich. 

110. Samuel F. Miller, N. Y. 
HI. Henry W. Tracy, Pa. 

112. William G. Brown, W. Va. 

113. John M. Broomall, Pa. 

114. 115— Vacant. 

116. Francisco Perea, N. Mex. 

117. Vacant. 

118. Green Clay Smith, Ky. 

119. Charles M. Harris, HI. 

120. Wm. H. Randall, Ky. 

121. Elijah Ward, N. Y. 

122. Warren B. Noble, Ohio. 

123. John Ganson, N. Y. 

124. John G. Scott, Mo. 

125. Aaron Harding, Ky. 

126. Glenni W. Schofield, Pa. 

127. Francis Kernan, N. Y. 

128. John A. Griswold, N. Y. 

129. Robert Mallory, Ky. 

130. James Brooks, N. Y. 

131. Augustus C. Baldwin, Mich. 

132. Wra. H. Wadsworth, Ky. 

133. John T. Stuart, 111. 

134. James T. Hale, Pa. 

135. Andrew J. Rogers, N. J. 

136. James S. Rollins, Mo. 

137. Lewis W. Ross, 111. 

138. Kellian V. Whaley, W. Va. 

139. John F. Kinney, Utah Ter. 

140. 141— Vacant. 

142. Archibald McAlister, Pa. 

143. J. B. S. Todd, Dacotah Ter. 

144. Jacob B. Blair, W. Va. 

145. John B. Steele, N. Y 

146. Wm. G. Steele, N. J. 

147. James R. Morris, Ohio. 

148. John F. McKinney, Ohio. 

149. Edwin H. Webster, Md. 

150. Ezra Wheeler, Wis. 

151. Cliarles A. Eldridge, Wis. 

152. Francis Thomas, Md. 

153. Homer A. Nelson, N. Y. 

154. Francis C. Le Blond, Ohio. 

155. Wra. J. Allen, 111. 

156. Wells A. Hutchins, Ohio. 

157. Joseph W^ White, Ohio. 

158. Wm. A. Hall, Mo. 

159. James C. Allen, 111. 

160. Alexander Long, Ohio. 

161. Brutus J. Clay, Ky. 

162. James F. McDowell, Ind. 

163. Wm. E. Fink, Ohio. 

164. Jesse Lazcar, Pa. 

165. George H. Yeaman, Ky. 

166. Vacant. 



Seats of Members. 

167. Austin A. King, Mo. 

168. Henry Grider, Ky. 

169. Vacant. 

170. Joseph Baily, Pa. 

171. George Bliss, Ohio. 

172. John L. Dawson, Pa. 

173. Alexander H. Coffroth, Pa. 

174. Sydenham E. Ancona, Pa. 

175. George H. Pendleton, Ohio. 

176. Myer Strouse, Pa. 

177. John D. Stiles, Pa. 

178. Samuel S. Cox, Ohio. 

179. John W. Chanler, N. Y. 

180. James S. Brown, Wis. 

181. Nehemiah Perrj', N. J. 

182. Fernando Wood, N. Y. 

183. William Johnson, Ohio. 

184. James A. Cravens, Ind. 

185. Daniel W. Voorhees, Ind. 

186. Philip Johnson, Pa. 

187. John Law, Ind. 

188. Joseph K. Edgerton, Ind. 

189. James C. Robinson, 111. 

190. Anthony L. Knapp, 111. 

191. Benjamin Wood, N. Y. 

192. Vacant. 

193. Martin Kalbfleisch, N. Y. 

194. 195, 196— Vacant. 

197. James E. English, Conn. 

198. Wra. S. Holman, Ind. 

199. George Middleton, N. J. 

200. Vacant. 

201. Wm. R. Morrison, 111. 

202. Charles Denison, Pa. 

203. Wm. H. Miller, Pa. 

204. John O'Neil, Ohio. 

205. Benjamin G. Harris, Md. 

206. George E. Cole, Wash. Ter. 

207. Samuel J. Randall, Pa. 

208. Charles H. Winfield, N. Y. 

209. Lorenzo D. M. Sweat, Me. 

210. Daniel Marcy, N. H. 

211. John R. Eden, 111. 

212. Henry W. Harrington, Ind. 

213. Wm. Radford, N. Y. 

214. Vacant. 

215. Sara. McLean, Montana Ter. 

216. Vacant. 

217. Moses F. Odell, N. Y. 

218. Dwight Townsend, N. Y. 

219. Vacant. 

220. Anson Herrick, N. Y. 

221. 222— Vacant. 

223. Chilton A. White, Ohio. 

224. John V. L. Pruyn, N. Y 

225. 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 
233, 234, 235, 236— Vacant. 



THE F E D E R A T. CITY. ,9 

THE NEW HALL OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 

Is situated in the centre of the South extension of the Capitol. 

A corridor leads to it from the old Hall of the House, the 
entrance into which is through the pictured Bronze Door de- 
signed by Rogers. 

In general appearance it resembles the Senate chamber, but 
is larger, and somewhat more garish in its ornamentation. It 
has a gallery on its four sides capable of having crowded into 
it 1,500 persons. Sections of it arc appropriated to the diplo- 
matic corps, and to the reporters of the press. The Hall has 
corridors running round it, outside of which are committee 
rooms and offices. The main entrance from the outside is 
through the. vestibule of the grand South Eastern Portico. 

The Hall is 139 feet long, 93 feet wide, and 36 feet high. 
The ceiling is of iron, gilded and bronzed, and is supported by 
trusses from the roof. Its centre is panelled with glass — in 
each panel is magnificently painted the arms of a State or Ter- 
ritory ; affording a sky-light calculated to make one's heart 
throb. The castings for the ceilings of both Houses of Con- 
gress was the work of Janes, Beebe & Co. 

"An arrangement of moveable metallic plates, on the princi- 
ple of Venitian blinds, is placed under the sunny sides of the 
respective roofs of the Senate and House, so that the same 
amount of light may be admitted all the time." At night both 
chambers arc lighted by hundreds of jets of gas fixed above 
their sky-lights; the effect of thi,s way of lighting is peculiarly 
soft and beautiful. 

Seats for the members, with desks in front of them, arc ranged 
in successive semicircles facing the Speaker's desk. In front of 
the Speaker's desk sit the clerks of the House, and in front of 
them is the desk for the reporters of the government. Every 
word that is uttered both in the Senate and the House is taken 
down in short hand and printed in the "Congressional Globe." 

As in the Senate, the space under the galleries is partitioned 
off' making tlie area of the floor 113 feet long and 07 feet wide. 



1^ THE FEDERAL CITY. 

I. eutze's picture of "western 
emigration'' 

Covers the whole extent of the wall above the first landing on 
the grand Western staircase that leads to the gallery of the 
House. The light falls on it from a sky-light in the roof. 

This picture arrests the attention of every visitor to the Cap- 
itol, and a mere description of it necessarily can convey but a 
feeble idea of its beauties to those who have not enjoyed 
the pleasure of seeing it. 

I will, however, try to describe the picture. 

A party of emigrants coming down the mountains are ap- 
proaching a gorge through which a view is seen — extending as 
an illimitable sea — of the desired land beyond. Smoke, as if 
from camp fires, or warm springs, is ascending, and birds wheel 
aloft in the air ; they arc Eagles hovering over the unbroken 
expanse of virgin soil. The mountain tops are bathed in 
purple light. 

Away, far up, where rocks arc piled upon rocks, as 'twere 
that veritable work of giants who made the futile attempt to 
scale the walls of Heaven, two men have climbed, and carry 
with them the glorious old Flag. They look tiny in the far-up 
distance, but you can see there, gleaming, over all, the " Stars 
and Stripes." 

Just in front of the open gorge a fallen tree impedes the 
further advance of the party. This, under the direction of the 
leader, who is on horseback, other men arc engaged in removing. 

A family has climbed a pile of rocks, and are looking out 
eagerly to see the new liome-lf.nd. A boy, a type of Young- 
America, with his father's long rifle in his hand, stands erect, 
looking as indomitable as boy could look, cut out clear and 
distinct in the picture, is the foremost figure of the group. His 
sister and mother, sit on rocks or ground behind him, over 
which a buffalo robe has been spread. The girl's face is full 
of hope, and smiles play on her face and sparkle in her eyes. 
The mother looks pale, and patient, and as if she tried to feel 
hopeful. Her hands arc clasped, and a little baby is suckling 



THE FEDERAL CITY, 11 

at her breast. That mother's face, is, to me, one of the most 
beautiful faces I have ever seen in a picture. The father, a 
strong, stout man, endeavors to cheer her ; he is still behind^ 
and points out with face of glowing hope the land where his 
own good arm shall win for them another home. 

A procession of men, and women, and children, representing 
all types of western emigrants, in various conditions of sick- 
ness and health, and of hope and despondency, seem to be 
moving, so life-like are they painted, before the eyes of the 
looker on. 

Wagons, and oxen, and cows, and horses, with all accompa- 
niments of western emigration, are there, to the very life. 

One man has a fiddle, babies are in abundance, as well as 
frolicksome children of various ages ; a round, sleek negro face 
looks at you out of the picture, showing white teeth ; — while, 
as glimpses of the opening view fall upon the faces of the 
pioneer men and women, they light, and glow, and seem almost 
to startle into life. 

Above the picture, in golden letters, is inscribed the words : 

"WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY." 

Beneath, and detached from the main picture, yet, as it were 
hanging on to it, is a view of the "Golden Gate," at the 
entrance of the harbor of San Francisco Bay. 

An elaborate pictorial border surrounds the picture, illustra- 
ting the advance of pioneer and civilized, over savage, life. It, 
of itself, would form a study, to take in all its teachings. 

On one side of this border, and contained in it, is a fine 
portrait of Daniel Boone, and some distance below it are the 
lines : 

"The Spirit grows with its allotted Spaces: — 
The Mind is narrowed in a narrow Sphere." 

On the opposite side is a portrait of Captain William 
Clarke, and the lines : 

"No pent up Utica contracts our powers ; 
But the whole boundless Continent is ours." 



12 THE FEDERAL CITY 

The general effect of this wall picture is different from that 
of usual frescoes. There is an absence of the fresh, garish 
look common to them, and from which they deriye their name, 
and also a softer, richer, blending together of colors. The sur- 
face of the wall is rough, and intelligent travellers have told me 
that it made them think of the magnificent tapestries of 
Hampton Court Palace, once the property of Cardinal Wolsey, 
and which, with all its treasures of art, he made a present to 
his sovereign Henry VIII. 

The process of affixing it to the wall is termed Stcreochromc, 
and is sometimes called "water-glass painting." " The wall is 
coated with a preparation of clean quartz sand mixed with the 
least possible quantity of lime ; and after the application of this 
the surface is scraped to remove the outer coating in contact 
with the atmosphere. It is then washed with a solution of 
silesia, soda, potash, and water. As the painter applies his col- 
ors, he moistens his work by squirting distilled water upon it. 
When finished it is washed over with the silesia solution. The 
picture also in its progress is washed with the same solution 
and the colors, thus becoming incorporated in the flinty coating, 
the picture is rendered hard and durable as stone itself." 

Emanuel Leutze, the artist to whom we are indebted for this 
picture, was born in Gumd, Wurtemberg, May 24, 1816. His 
parents emigrated during his infancy to America and settled in 
Philadelphia. When a little boy, and attending at the sick bed 
of his father, his talents for drawing were first displayed. He 
struggled manfully with adverse circumstances, and at last was 
enabled to return to Europe and there prosecute his artist 
labors. He now resides in the United States. He received 
from government for this painting twenty thousand dollars. 

Mr. Leutze's first great picture, was that of "An Indian 
gazing at the setting sun." Many of his pictures are illus- 
trative of American history ; among them are " Washington 
crossing the Delaware," "Washington at Princeton," "News 
from Lexington," " Washington at the Battle of Monongahela," 
" Landing of the Norsemen in America," etc., etc. 



IN PRESS AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, 

THE FEDERAL CITY; 



OR, 



Ins and Abonts of Washington, 



Author of ''Harry Bright, the Drummer Boy,'' "Bible Stories in 
Bible Words,'' etc., etc. 

The design of this work is to present to the country at large 
a History of the City of Washington, with Descriptions of its 
Public Buildings, Hospitals, and various Institutions of 
Learning and Benevolence. 

The work will be abundantly illustrated, and published in 
six numbers, of a hundred pages each — the price of a single 
number 50 cts. 

Admirable Photographs, by Gardner, of the Eight cele- 
brated Panel Pictures of the Rotunda, commencing with that 
of the "'Landing of Columbus," will be furnished (one or 
more within each of* the six numbers) at a.n increased cost 
of 25 cents a number. 

Mr. Wyeth has been engaged mainly for several years in 
collecting materials for this publication. Any information 
of interest relative to the early history of the National Me- 
tropolis, if forwarded to us, will be given due attention, and 
thankfully received. 

GIBSON BROTHEES, PUBLISHERS, 

271 Pennsylvania Avenue. 



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